Vienna - Globe Museum
Continuing the theme of smaller points of interest, I headed off to the Globe Museum in Vienna. An easy walk from the airport train I was able to still enjoy looking at the tourist draw buildings and navigate the crowds without having to be part of the long lines. There were no lines to get into the Globe Museum and at 5 euros, the small showcase was worth the visit.
Today I learned about Globology which is a word even though spell check is telling me it's not. The collection in Vienna mainly covers globes produced before 1850. When you walk inside, you get globes and for a round object, they aren't easy to photograph and all of these are behind glass and protected due to age. There's no hand's on spinning the earth around here.
Another teaching globe
And cat charts. There were globes with animals depicted on them to show what wildlife could be found in some regions. Because these were really old, they were protected in darker glass casings and didn't photograph well. Too bad because they were some of the most interesting ones. The planet globes weren't good camera subjects either and both Mars and the Moon were quite uncooperative so I gave up on them.
The hallway area had the teaching globes and all with different purposes.
This is the Collector's Gallery with globes on long-term loan to the museum. The oldest dates back to 1536. Four private collections are set-up and each has it's own display. You can stand in the middle of all four for an immersive experience such as it may be.
I see a cat. KR
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